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The exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen occurs in the alveoli. Each alveolus is surrounded by a network of small blood vessels. Like the alveoli, these small blood vessels have extremely thin walls. Blood that enters the vessels has a high level of carbon dioxide, which it picked up from the body tissues. It contains little oxygen. The carbon dioxide leaves the blood and moves through the walls of the blood vessels and alveoli into the lungs. Oxygen from the air in the lungs then passes through the walls of the alveoli and blood vessels and into the blood. The blood, now rich in oxygen, leaves the lungs and travels to the heart. The heart then pumps it to cells throughout the body. The carbon dioxide is finally expelled from the lungs when we exhale.
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ViviIn the alveoli, oxygen from the inhaled air diffuses across the alveolar walls into the bloodstream, where it binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells. At the same time, carbon dioxide diffuses from the bloodstream into the alveoli to be exhaled. This gas exchange process occurs due to differences in partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and the blood.
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When gases are exchanged between the alveoli and blood what body systems are involved?
The respiratory and circulatory systems are involved in the exchange of gases between the alveoli and blood. The alveoli are part of the lungs, and their surrounding capillaries are part of the circulatory system.
Gases are exchanged in the?
Gaseous exchange takes place in the alveoli in the lungs, Oxygen is inhaled while Carbon dioxide is exhaled.
Which substances are exchanged between the blood in the capillaries and the air in the alveoli?
Oxygen is exchanged from the air in the alveoli into the blood in the capillaries, while carbon dioxide is exchanged from the blood in the capillaries into the air in the alveoli during the process of respiration.
Diffusion in the respiratory system?
Diffusion in the respiratory system refers to the process by which gases, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, are exchanged between the lungs and the bloodstream. This occurs at the alveoli, where oxygen from the air diffuses into the blood and carbon dioxide from the blood diffuses into the air. Diffusion occurs because of the concentration gradient of these gases between the alveoli and the blood.
Is gas exchanged in the pleura?
Gas exchange does not occur in the pleura. The pleura is a membrane that lines the outside of the lungs and inside of the chest cavity. Gas exchange, where oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxide is removed, happens in the alveoli of the lungs.
